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Mr. Luddite

On 2/19/2015 1:46 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:29:39 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:13:06 -0500, KC wrote:

On 2/18/2015 4:05 PM, Stick Left-Steer Left wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:37:57 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:07:12 -0500, wrote:

All the work needs to be done by a licensed mechanic and parts make
boat parts look like peanuts.

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Every single part has to be certified and traceable back to its place
and date of manufacture.

You can't buy 'em out behind the shed from someone's trunk at a 'plane show' in
Virginia?

Well, ****. Guess I'll have to do without.

There are a lot of very airworthy and proven "experimental" aircraft out
there. Are they held to the same standard as registered aircraft? There
is a huge rc club down by our practice track. I have seen everything
from gas and electric rc planes to manned single seat eggbeaters and
several kinds of ultra light paragliders, etc take off and fly around there.

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I'm not an expert on the regulations but I do know that experimental
aircraft are not held to the same standards. Whether they are truly
airworthy or not could be debated. I believe that John Denver died
flying an experimental aircraft, and a former neighbor of mine almost
killed himself crashing an ultra light last year. Another former
neighbor was left crippled for life after crashing a home built
(experimental) plane.

I knew a Gyrocopter guy at IBM. He had a leg that will never be the
same from crashing on the Garden State Tpk.
Another IBM guy was paralysed from the neck down from an ultralight
crash. The 3d guy is a friend of my neighbor and he is still
successfully flying untralights.
The last time I saw him it was the parachute and motor on your back
thing. He was talking about a pontoon "plane".
They all say there was virtually no effective regulation.
You build these things from kits, They said they got a cursory
inspection from the FAA guy, he watches you fly around a little and if
you don't crash, you are licensed. It may be a little more
complicated than they described but not much.

If it's a single person or single seat ultralight no license is required
at all. No registration, no flight worthiness certification, no
inspection. Nothing. Just build it and fly it. No training,
certificate or medical required of the pilot. The ultralight must
meet the FAA definition of an ultralight however (less than about 250
lbs, fuel capacity, etc.) and they can only be flown during daylight hours.

Maybe local laws in your area are different but the FAA requires no
inspection or license.